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The hags as good as their bags
This Herms Birkin sells for over US$200,000; sets universe record
A red crocodile Herms Birkin purse has only set a universe jot down for being a many costly bag ever to be sole during a public auction, after it sole for an eye watering US$203,150. Everybody knows which Birkin bags, a iconic handbags done by family commercial operation Herms, have been expensive. But a a single which sole final week in Dallas was outrageously priced, even by normal standards.
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Herms Birkin bag sells for over 150,000
Everybody knows which Birkin bags, a iconic handbags done by family commercial operation Herms, have been expensive. But a a single which sole final week in Dallas was outrageously priced, even by normal standards.
The bag, done of red crocodile leather as good as featuring 18-carat white gold as good as diamond-encrusted fittings, was sole for US$203,150 (151,776) to an unknown in isolation collector.
According to Heritage Auctions, a auction residence which organised a sale as good as primarily expected it to sell for US$80,000, this makes a red Birkin a worlds many costly handbag.
It was a single of 4 Herms handbags upon sale during a auction, which additionally enclosed some-more than ! 500 engi neer bags from brands such as Fendi as good as Louis Vuitton. In comparison to a Birkin, a alternative 3 Herms bags were bargains, starting for in between US$80,000 as good as US$113,000.
"The Herms Diamond pick up is a many unaccompanied of all Herms productions. With only a couple of pieces combined any year, even major collectors cannot find these pieces, Matt Rubinger, executive of oppulance accessories during Heritage, pronounced in a statement.
A Birkin from this collection, in signature Rouge Herms crocodile, is singularly a many desirable bag in a universe and, in between a appropriateness as good as a rarity, indeed an investment piece," he added.
Herms was founded in 1837 by Thierry Herms. Today, 9 members of a Herms family work during a company, together with Bertrand Peuch, who serves as executive chairman, as good as sixth-generation Pierre-Alexis Dumas, who is a creative director.
http://www.campdenfb.com/article/hermes-birkin-bag-sells-over-150000
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(Picture: Rosmah Mansor as good as Shahrizat Abdul Jalil: The Star, 11 Dec 2011)
Hermes Birkin Bag Sold For US$203,150 At Auction
Before today, a many costly bag we could conceive of was The Backpack, done by a Olsen twins' line The Row. The Backpack rings in during US$35,000 or US$39,000 depending where we check (these days, The Row website simply says "email for pricing").
But currently a universe has been rocked, as Women's Wear Daily reports which an Hermes Birkin has been sole for US$203,150. To which we say: holy shit.
The deets: a bag was not your average US$7,000 Birkin though rsther than an "Exc! eptional Collection Shiny Rouge H Porosus Crocodile thirty cm Birkin Bag with Solid 18K White Gold & Diamond Hardware." (Yep, that's a central name).
In alternative words, a bag is done of red croc skin with white gold clasps lonesome in diamonds.
The bag was sole during public auction in Dallas, where it fetched a many aloft cost than anticipated. Matt Rubinger, executive of oppulance accessories during Heritage Auctions, told WWD, "... This was certainly an well-developed price, surpassing a top expectations during every corner."
You can say which again. Considering we'll never be shelling out US$200K upon a bag, we wondered as good as subsequently began to daydream: what else would we spend which money on?
FOR US$203,150, YOU COULD BUY...
* 5,805 pairs of Missoni for Target sleet boots
* 1,934 bottles of Chanel No. 5 perfume
* 200 Louis Vuitton Speedy bags
* 131 hours upon a chartered in isolation jet
* 5 The Backpacks by The Row
* 3.5 years' undergraduate fee during Harvard University
* 2/3 of Beyonce's Birkin collection
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/12/08/hermes-birkin-bag-auctioned_n_1137673.html
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This Herms Birkin sells for over US$200,000; sets universe record
A red crocodile Herms Birkin purse (pictured above) has only set a universe jot down for being a many costly bag ever to be sole during a public auction, after it sole for an eye watering US$203,150.
The Herms Exceptional Collection Shiny Rou! ge H Por osus Crocodile 30cm to make use of a full name was sole to an unknown bidder during Heritage Auctions in Dallas, Texas though was originally only expected to fetch US$80,000.
We dont need any a single to tell us which Birkins have been special, though detached from a actuality which this a single facilities white gold as good as solid hardware, what makes it so special?
This is an extraordinary e.g. of a single of a worlds many well-developed handbags, as good as this was certainly an well-developed price, surpassing a top expectations during every corner, Matt Rubiner, a spokesperson for Heritage Auctions told WWD after a sale.
Just a year ago another Birkin, but a wealth as good as in obtuse condition than this one, sole for a equivalent of US$77,000 during auction in England. Everything about this bag measures up many improved than which a single it all combines to make this a unaccompanied bag as good as an extraordinary event for a high-end collector.
Well, there we have it.
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Now a not so important 'news' ...
Tuanku Mizan returns home
December 12, 2011
www.nst.com.my
THANK YOU: Excellent team-work allowed for smooth term, says Tuanku Mizan
Bernama Reports:
The (outgoing) Yang di-Pertuan Agong Tuanku Mizan Zainal Abidin pronounced a government under! neath Pr ime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak order had since glorious team-work via his tenure of bureau as a King."It enabled me to liberate a trust placed upon me as a conduct of state in a best manner probable in a interest of a dear nation," pronounced Tuanku Mizan in his address during a state party in appreciation of his energy as a 13th Yang di-Pertuan Agong during Istana Negara, upon Saturday night. Also gracing a function was a Raja Permaisuri Agong, Raja Tuanku Nur Zahirah.
He pronounced which a Yang di-Pertuan Agong had a vast purpose in portion a republic by efforts as good as opinion either directly or in a roundabout way to generate as good as shape metal oneness between a people, await a efforts of a government towards bringing progress to a country as good as promote a sanctity of Islam in Malaysia.
"The knowledge gained from a services of (Tun) Abdullah (Ahmad Badawi) as good as Najib had done me realise how fortunate Malaysia as good as a people were since a energy passing from a single to another process in between a two leaders went smoothly.
"I instruct to call upon a national leadership as good as Malaysians to go on to strive to forge, safety as good as make firm a existing oneness as good as we am endangered about a inclination of sure parties in raising supportive as good as secular issues as good as to politicise counts which should not be politicised," pronounced Tuanku Mizan.
Meanwhile, Najib in his debate pronounced a institution of a Yang di-Pertuan Agong as a Supreme Head of State is unique to Malaysia as good as should be defended by a people.The Prime Minister pronounced a institution belonged to all but any exception. "No a single should try incite view to challenge it."
Najib expressed his gratitude to Tuanku Mizan for having successfully completed his tenure as a Yang di-Pertuan Agong. "Personally we instruct to communicate which it was many pleasing to deal with Tuanku in all matters. Under your reign, all counts went smoothly. This! actuali ty was many appreciated by members of a cupboard who were many comfortable with a purpose played by Tuanku as a conduct of state," he said.
The party was additionally attended by Deputy Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin, a Prime Minister's mother Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor, Deputy Prime Minister's mother Puan Sri Norainee Abdul Rahman, former Prime Ministers Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamed as good as mother Tun Dr Siti Hasmah Mohd Ali as good as Tun Abdullah Ahmad Badawi as good as mother Tun Jeanne Abdullah.
The Sultan of Kedah, Sultan Abdul Halim Mu'adzam Shah was chosen as a 14th Yang di-Pertuan Agong to succeed Tuanku Mizan, with effect from Dec 13, for a five-year term.
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